12-inch MacBook Air Expected in Mid 2015

DigiTimes is reporting that sources within Apple’s supply chain are claiming that early preproduction runs of the new 12-inch MacBook Air have already occurred, with low yields of the new ultra light notebook causing some issues that have slightly pushed back planned mass production until early 2015.

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The rumored 12-inch MacBook Air would use a new design that’s lighter and thinner than current MacBook Air products, incorporate a Retina display, and, with Intel’s new Broadwell Core M chip, be able to run with no fans and offer battery lifetime equivalent to, if not better than, current models of the MacBook Air.

DigiTimes believes the low yield issues have been solved, although it was never mentioned what component or process was causing the quality issues. Quanta Computer, which was tasked with building the preproduction units, is believed to retain the contract for mass production of the new MacBook Air model.